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Show REPORT OF AGENT IN UTAH. oxso, and that those we had were weak, md 8,180 from the fact that muoh of their lhod hsd to be broken for the first time, requiring two or three yoke to sad, plow, they oould not accom-plish so much as they desired. It must he borne ia mind that Indinnsnrepeeuiisr, or some-what like children, all desiring to do the snmr thiug about the s ~ m teim e, and h & ~neo t yet learned the advantape of a~soc i~t eladb ar or i>xchsngeo f work, tilough sonle uf them are imp~ovingi n this regard. Hence a greater number of teams bud inlplements srs required than would be to accomplish the sltrne results by white labor. Besidea. some of them often become discouraged or dissatisfied for s tima: hence the importance of having a full supply of teams and other facilities. There is certainly a growing interest in agricultural mstters which should be encouraged in every way paasible. When I wlra appointed for s. second term I had great hopes that before Its expiration I should be able to place them very nezrly if not quite in a selCsustaining eonditioa. I still believe it could have been done with s libsm1,~udiciouao utlhy ; but I must confess, owing to the causes hereinbefore alluded to, sod the want of the requisite mesns. I am feeling a little discouraged. The poqitian I hold is no sinecure, as any oueacqu%iinted with my yituation and my labors knows, end I have lit-tle desire to hold it uuleas I ceo accomplish samathinp for the permaueot benefit of my charge. For the estim~ted amount of farm products, stock. &o., I refer yon to the statistical re-port herewith, and sm pleased to be able to assure the Department thst far last year they proved to he as accurate as the nature of the ease admits. I trust and bslieve that my pre~ente stimates will prove equally carreot. Last year the estimate for wheat was 1.2UO bushels, My ernploy6s told me they thrashed and menfiured from the machine 950 bushels. and there were several who would not wait till the maohloe oould thrash theirs, bnt did it in their usu~i manner, and theirs, compared with tho others, was believed to be fully '250 bushrls. We have no means of accurately determining the smaunt of other prodccte, 8s they havs exeltuive oontlol of them. One tliing will beabnervsd, that d l their prodnots, whetever they may be, are the results of their own labor. My employ& do nothing but instruct them and keep their teams and implement8 in ol.der, save iu the matter of cutting and thrashiug their grain and cutting theirhrqv. As so evidence of their interest, progress, and independence. some eight or ten of them have secured teams of their own. They havs seven or eight yoke of oxen; also s few tesms of horses, whioh they employ in various wsys. One hns traded for a wagoosnd harness; another for a good set of double hsrness. Others are desirous of procuring these articles of their own, in the aecompiishment of which I try to aid them inevery practicable way. ClYlLlZITlOX AXD PROGRESS. Ssserd things above alluded to uomistsksbly point in this direction, and should be given nnder this head. I hsve always been guarded in speaking on these subjects, lest I might give a ton highly oolored picture. As all know, India18 oivilizstion under the most favors-h~ la .r~i~r.m~.~ mrtaneesi s slow. the erowth of sears of oatient culture. and must he determined ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ by s rumljsrlnun oidixtnnt l l c r%d i , l a ! h ~ ~ tbl lpa n~'n~y slrlden erh~l.itiduofc hart@ nt n yirrtl time ur rhnrt period. No oxre at ~ laicq unmted wit11 our Indian* whvn I took c l t a r~e01 then, -i-n id7l. wl.a knows their ort,eot condi~ionn ml rbataetcr, can f ~ ititt notice the chnucu for ~ ~ the betier; iodeed it has iften been the subject of remark by persons visiting this agency, who had same kuowledge of their former condition and chwacter. The change has been more marked within the imt three years than fonneriy. Their uniform goad temper, their geoersldeportment and disposition to be controlled, their adoption more and mareot citizens. dress, their desire to hwe houses instead of lodges, and their efforts to prepare them for themseives, the disposition of some of them to attend our religious services on the Ssbbath, and to eanduot themselves with mare becoming respect while doing so and visitin our fami-l.. i . a. r. a-.ll . a. .r. h i.h-i.t- t heir nromens in a more decided-manner durine the last than furinpan7 ~~ . ~ . ~ formor year. I csonur d.mllr hat that iheg.!#<d~ b>:hldcwro f my ~mplogeta,n d the dallia*m. rl.sri.,s uwrc or lerr with Jur fnnliliea, hxvoc.~~~rrihutedlag..ltoy tine resul l~in dicar~~l.O ur srhacl also, \rithout doubt, wbik iu operario~r Inad .I \e,g salutary iotluenen. SCHOOL. The school was in operation till the 1st of April, but far nearly three maothn very few In-dian children were able to ~ttend. We had no way of boarding snd lodging the pupila; the distance from their lodges to the agency was too great, and the snow too dee for the chil-dren to travel bnck and forth during the winter. Uudar these cireumstaoees pdid not thiuk the results justified the expense. I discharged the teacher sod closed the school. Indeed r- ".s.,,.. iua- .---."...t -.-.h..a..v.a.. it had I- -~ S U O D O t~he~,- ~ be funds ssai~ebie to mv i d e board and lodging for the pupils. I do not consider our school a failure or entirely banen of good results, or that the means employed were wasted. There is a marked difference between those boys who sttended and those who did not. Some of them learned to speiland read, write, sing, draw or copy maps, |